Magnetostratigraphy of the Neogene Siwalik Group in the far eastern Himalaya: Kameng section, Arunachal Pradesh, India

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue , 2012, Pages 117-135

  Chirouze, François ^a   Dupont Nivet, Guillaume ^b,c   Huyghe, Pascale ^a   Beek, Peter van der ^a   Chakraborti, Tapan ^d   Bernet, Matthias ^a   Erens, Véronique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Far eastern Himalaya; Foreland basin; Greigite; Magnetostratigraphy; Siwaliks; Tectonic rotation

Indexed keywords

DEMAGNETIZATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; FORELAND BASIN; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GREIGITE; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; NEOGENE; PALEOMAGNETISM; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TECTONIC SETTING;

ARUNACHAL PRADESH; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; KAMENG RIVER; SHILLONG PLATEAU; SIWALIK HILLS;

EID: 80855147208     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2011.05.016     Document Type: Article

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